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  • It’s not similar to “god of the gaps” at all, as I’m not inserting anything inside of that gap. I have no fucking clue what’s causing it to emerge, and I probably never will. Rather than saying “I don’t know what’s causing lightning so it must be Zeus,” I’m saying “I don’t know what’s causing lightning, but I can see it’s coming from the sky.” Or in this case, I have no idea what’s causing us to experience consciousness, but it seems to be a result of our brain.

    And I see no evidence for the idea that consciousness can even exist outside of the brain, nor that an afterlife exists.


  • I find it odd that we doubt the afterlife.

    Most people don’t, unfortunately.

    How do you define consciousness? How do you define “you”?

    I believe that consciousness is simply an emergent property of our brain. Without the brain, there is no consciousness. A brain can be destroyed, just like a hard drive can be destroyed. Sure, the atoms are still there, but the “you” inside of them is as good as gone.